Elite college basketball programs Kansas and Villanova have each won three NCAA Tournament titles — the Jayhawks in 2008, 1988 and 1952 and the Wildcats in 2018, 2016 and 1985.
The Wildcats of the Big East (8-3), who will meet the Jayhawks of the Big 12 (8-0) in an 11 a.m. tipoff Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, defeated KU en route to two of their three national championships — in the 2018 Final Four and 2016 Elite Eight.
The Jayhawks, who trail ‘Nova, 4-3 in head-to-head matchups, disposed of the Wildcats en route to one of their three NCAA Tourney crowns — in the Sweet 16 in 2008.